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Testimonies

Personal recorded testimony imparts memories and experiences that shed light on the past. The testimonies and interviews collected for the Nebraska Stories of Humanities web resource allow visitors to hear Holocaust survivor and camp liberator testimonies in their own words and recollections from family and friends. The growing compilation includes testimony from individuals who lived in Nebraska and some from neighboring Midwest states. Their memories are significant in furthering personal narrative while building a Nebraska collective story. A recent research study contends that interaction with eyewitness accounts can help students and others foster a deeper, more personal connection to the experiences of genocide victims (Kohen & Steinacher, 2020). Transcriptions accompany the testimonies and closed captioning is in process.

To learn more about the role of personal memory in history, please refer to the  Holocaust Survivor Testimony guide: www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/USHMM-Guidelines-Teaching-with-Survivor-Testimony.pdf 

Works Cited

Kohen, A., & Steinacher, G. (2020). From student to citizen: The impact of personal narratives in university-level genocide education. In S. Totten (Ed.), Teaching about genocide: Advice and suggestions from professors, high school teachers, and staff developers (Vol. 3, Chap. 16). Rowman & Littlefield. https://doi.org/10.32873/unl.dc.oth.009 


45 items

Alice “Litzie” Trustin Shoah Foundation Testimony Transcription

  • Date: February 16, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Ann Modenstein Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: November 22, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Bea Karp Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: November 1, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Bea Karp United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Testimony Transcription

  • Date: June 6, 1990
  • Format: testimony

Bea Karp Walnut Middle School Testimony

  • Date: February 28, 2019
  • Format: testimony

Bella Helberg Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: June 8, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Ben Heisler Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: January 22, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Ben Josin Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: August 20th, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Eli Modenstein Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: November 22, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Elmer Pressman Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: May 12, 1998
  • Format: testimony

Esther Silver Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: February 19, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Fred Kader Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: November 19, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Harold H. Heins Library of Congress Testimony (Tape 1)

  • Date: August 3, 2009
  • Format: testimony

Harold H. Heins Library of Congress Testimony (Tape 2)

  • Date: August 3, 2009
  • Format: testimony

Helena Tichauer Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: January 22, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Interview with Family and Friends of Roy Long

  • Date: July 26, 2023
  • Format: testimony

Interview with Family of Melvin Thielbar - Part 1

  • Date: April 13, 2024
  • Format: testimony

Interview with Family of Melvin Thielbar - Part 2

  • Date: April 13, 2024
  • Format: testimony

Interview with John and Rita Stinner, Friends of Irving Shapiro

  • Date: October 18, 2023
  • Format: testimony

Interview with Liberator Norman Smith's Family

  • Date: June 21, 2024
  • Format: testimony

Interview with Tom Williams, Clarence Williams' Son

  • Date: May 17, 2021
  • Format: testimony

Irving Shapiro Interview (Part I)

  • Date: 1990
  • Format: testimony

Irving Shapiro Interview (Part II)

  • Date: 1990
  • Format: testimony

Jack Diamond Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: April 26, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Jerome Grossman Library of Congress Testimony

  • Date: October 3, 2005
  • Format: testimony

Joe Boin Shoah Foundation Testimony, January 19, 1996

  • Date: January 19, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Joe Friedman Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: April 27, 1998
  • Format: testimony

Joseph H. Riha Library of Congress Testimony

  • Date: August 10, 2009
  • Format: testimony

Kitty Williams Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: June 19, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Leelo Sommerhauser Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: May 23, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Leviticus Family Interview

  • Date: 2023
  • Format: testimony

Lola Reinglas Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: November 20, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Lou Leviticus Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: November 19, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Maurice Udes Interview (Part I)

  • Format: testimony

Maurice Udes Interview (Part II)

  • Format: testimony

Mindel Diamond Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: April 24, 1996
  • Format: testimony

Miriam Grossman Shoah Foundation Testimony

  • Date: November 21, 1995
  • Format: testimony

Miriam Grossman Weiner Library Interview

  • Date: 1996
  • Format: testimony

Presentation by Kitty Williams, Holocaust Survivor

  • Date: April 30, 2019
  • Format: testimony

Raymond Kelley Interview, Including History of POWs

  • Date: April 13, 2024
  • Format: testimony

Roy Long Honorary Degree, August 12, 2017

  • Date: August 12, 2017
  • Format: testimony

Roy Long Library of Congress Interview (2006)

  • Date: November 17, 2006
  • Format: testimony

Roy Long Library of Congress Interview (2009)

  • Date: July 20, 2009
  • Format: testimony

Searching for Humanity

  • Date: January 11, 2017
  • Format: testimony

Victor Mashbein Veterans History Project Testimony

  • Format: testimony
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